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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting News photographs

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
PA.220
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.8 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language:
English
Date:
1987-2001 (inclusive)
Creator:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Form:
Newsletters and Photographs
Abstract:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends began publishing a newsletter in 1963 and continued until 2009. This collection consists of photographs collected for use in the publication, from the late 1980s into the early 2000s.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends began publishing a newsletter in 1963 and continued, usually releasing eight issues a year, until 2009. It was titled Philadelpha Yearly Meeting News, sometimes known as PYM news, Yearly Meeting news, or just News.

This collection includes black and white photographs and color photographs of various sizes, as well as negatives and color slides. There are a few cartoons and other graphics as well.

The photographs in the series "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting News" are original versions of the photos printed in issues of that publication. They are primarily photographs of individual Meeting members, of groups of Meeting attendees, of projects or events undertaken by a Meeting, or of Meeting Houses. Occassionally, a proof or draft of the issue was retained with the collection, where the Friends Historical Library is missing the final copy/issue.

There is also a series "Annual Sessions," which consists of photographs taken at the annual gathering of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, including many photographs which were not published in the newsletter.

The "Miscellaneous" series includes graphics which could not be matched to a specific issues of the newsletter or a specific yearly meeting. Of special interest is a file of cartoons and correspondence by Ronald William Taylor (R.T.), a cartoonist for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting News, which includes a cartoon about South African Friends divesting from Philadelphia after the MOVE bombings.

The photographs are organized into three series: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting News, which includes photographs from specific issues of that publication; Annual Sessions, which includes photographs from various Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and Residential Yearly Meeting sessions; and Miscellaneous. Within each series, the files are arranged by date and then alphabetically by title.

This collection was processed by FHL student worker Zivia Lichtenberg in 2023. Drafts and proofs of the newsletter were discarded during processing, except in cases where FHL is missing the final published issue.

Final issues of the newsletters are stored with serials, SG1: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting News.

Organization
Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
Zivia Lichtenberg with Celia Caust-Ellenbogen
Finding Aid Date
2023
Access Restrictions

This collection is available for research use.

Use Restrictions

Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce items in this collection beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/.

Collection Inventory

possibly 1992-1993.
Box 1
September/October 1996.
Box 1
November/December 1996.
Box 1
January/February 1997.
Box 1
March/April 1997.
Box 1
May/Summer 1997.
Box 1
September/October 1997.
Box 1
November/December 1997.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopy of news issue not present in FHL collection; also contains photos

January/February 1998.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopy of news issue not present in FHL collection; also contains photos

May/Summer 1998.
Box 1
September/October 1998.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopy of news issue not present in FHL collection; contains no photos

March/April 1999.
Box 1
May/Summer 1999.
Box 1
September/October 2000.
Box 1
November/December 2000.
Box 1
March/April 2001.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopy of news issue not present in FHL collection; also contains photos

May/Summer 2001.
Box 1

Photos from Residential Yearly Meeting, 1995.
Box 1
Photos from Residential Yearly Meeting Art Reception, July 1995.
Box 1
Photos from Residential Yearly Meeting, 1995 and 1999.
Box 1
Photos from Residential Yearly Meeting by Sue Makler, 1997.
Box 1
Photos from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, August 1997.
Box 1
Photos from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting sessions, 1997-2001.
Box 1
Residential Yearly Meeting photos for 2003 "Agenda" Booklet, 1997-2001.
Box 1
Photos from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, March 1998.
Box 1
Photos from Yearly Meeting (various meetings), 1998, 2000.
Box 1
Photos from Residential Yearly Meeting by Betsy Balderston, 1999.
Box 1
Photos from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 2000.
Box 2
Photos from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting by Mary Anne Crowley, 2000.
Box 2
Photos from Residential Yearly Meeting by Betsy Balderston, 2001.
Box 2
Photos from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Children's Program, 2001.
Box 2
Photos from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting by Joan Broadfield, July 2001.
Box 2
Photos from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting by Elke Muller, July 2001.
Box 2

Cartoons by Ronald William Taylor.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Of note is a cartoon about South African Friends divesting from Philadelphia after the MOVE bombings.

Photos by Theodore Brinton Hetzel, 1987.
Box 2
Photos of Alternatives to Violence Project, 1989.
Box 2
Photos of Schuylkill Meeting, possibly 1990.
Box 2
Photos of Young Friends, Christmas 1991.
Box 2
Miscellaneous photos, 1992.
Box 2
Photos of Right Sharing of World Resources, 1993.
Box 2
Photos of Peace Tax Fund, 1993.
Box 2
Photos of Allentown College, July 11, 1994.
Box 2
Photos of Allentown College, 1995.
Box 2
Photos of Burlington, 1995.
Box 2
Photos by Shelk Roseman, possibly Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, July 1997.
Box 2
Photos of Storm King and negatives of Residential Yearly Meeting, July 1997.
Box 2
Photos of A Called Meeting of Friends About Drugs, February 7, 1998.
Box 2
Event photos, April 3, 2000.
Box 2
Prints of Arch Street Meetinghouse.
Box 2
Miscellaneous Photos (some unlabeled).
Box 2

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